Audio English.net » Dictionary » B » Buteo ... Button Hole

BUTTE

Pronunciation (US):

Dictionary entry overview: What does Butte mean?

• BUTTE (noun)
The noun BUTTE has 2 senses:

1. a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
2. a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper

Familiarity information: BUTTE used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BUTTE (noun)

Sense 1

butte ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("butte" is a kind of...):

hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)

Domain region:

West; western United States (the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River)

Sense 2

Butte ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Butte" is a part of...):

Montana; MT; Treasure State (a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"Don't mend what ain't broken." (English proverb)

"It's better to say «good work» than «I hope to find you well»." (Albanian proverb)

"The old horse in the stable still yearns to run 1000 li." (Chinese proverb)

"May problems with neighbors last only as long as snow in March." (Corsican proverb)

BUTTE: related words searches

» Treasure State: pronunciation in phonetic transcription
» town definition
» western United States: pronunciation in phonetic transcription
» Montana meaning
» MT: pronunciation in phonetic transcription

Page delivered in 0.0491 seconds